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Best of Bedivere/Bedwyr and/or Dame Ragnelle?

Hi!

Firstly here’s my Loathly Lady Master Post which covers all Ragnelle media and more!

Secondly, I’m only going to recommend media that utilizes Bedwyr/Bedivere as an independent/separate entity from Lancelot. No Bedwyr/Lancelot hybrids: I’m excluding the works of Rosemary Sutcliff, Mary Stewart, Gillian Bradshaw, and Joan Wolf.

With that in mind, here’s all the Bedi media I recommend!

Medieval

Cullhwch and Olwen

An obvious banger. Bedwyr is missing a hand, but can make three spear thrusts faster than anyone else. He is repeatedly referred to as Cai's "companion."

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth

Bedevere helps Caius & Arthur kill the giant of Mont St Michael. After Bedevere is slain in battle, Caius suffers a mortal wound while retrieving his body from the field.

The Vulgate

Bedivere is mostly present in early Vulgate & then again in Post Vulgate. Lots of scenes repeated from the previous stories like fighting the giant of Mont St Michael & war in Rome.

Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory

Bedivere present throughout the story but most iconicly, it was Malory who depicted Bedivere as Arthur's last knight & the one to throw Excalibur back into the lake.

Retellings

The Story of The Grail and The Passing of Arthur by Howard Pyle (1910)

Howard Pyle's series is near & dear to me, highly recommend. The illustrations are great, although there isn't one of Bedi throwing the sword back into the lake. Sad.

Merlin by Edwin Arlington Robinson

A small role, but Bedivere is introduced as "a man whom Arthur loved, As he had loved no man save Lancelot."

Arthur the Bear of Britain by Edward Frankland (1944)

Bedwyr is Arthur's kinsman, described as "that black hairy man with charms in his ears." He has a close friendship with Kai & is the last champion standing.

The Eagles Have Flown by Henry Treece (1954)

The Great Captains by Henry Treece (1956)

The Green Man by Henry Treece (1966)

Treece wrote the same story three different ways, with Kai & Bedwyr as Arthur's closest companions, & Medraut as the wedge between them. Each book stands on its own as a complete story. The Eagles Have Flown is an illustrated chapter book for a younger audience so it has less of the darker themes the other two contain (such as incest & torture).

The Queen’s Knight by Marvin Borowsky (1955)

Bedivere is referred to by Launcelot as his "sweet friend." He's constable of Camelot. Although Lucan is the point of view character, he doesn't seem to be the brother of Bedivere here. Bedivere is a skilled knight who wins honor at the tournament early in the novel. He's most prominent in the last quarter or so where he helps battle against Mordred, preceding Arthur is death.

The Pendragon by Catherine Christian (1979)

Let me preface this by saying that I haven't read the book yet. But it is the story of Arthur's life from the perspective of Bedivere, & right from the first page of the frame story with old man Bedivere, he says he resides near Arthur's burial place "to die like an old dog, close by my master's grave." Sick & twisted concept, Catherine!

The Legend of King Arthur novelization by Andrew Davies (1979)

Novel based on the amazing show & written by the same person. As with the show, Bedivere comes in clutch at the end to rescue Guinevere from Mordred, then throw Arthur's sword back to the Lady of the Lake. There's an illustration of him at the top of the chapter!

The Quest for Olwen by Gwyn Thomas, Kevin Crossley-Holland, & Margaret Jones (1988)

Illustrated picture book of Culhwch & Olwen, two page spread of Cai & Bedwyr riding the giant salmon to rescue Mabon.

The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn (2005)

Bedivere is the main love interest of this book. It opens with his final touching farewell to Arthur.

For Camelot's Honor by Sarah Zettel (2005)

This is a Geraint/Enid romance. But Bedivere is prominent here, described as, "The senior among them was called Bedivere. Some adventure or accident had taken his right hand above the wrist, but he accepted the cup neatly with the one that remained to him. While his hair and beard had gone winter-grey, his brown eyes were still keen, taking in every detail of their hall. His back and shoulders were both broad and straight. He was said to be one of Arthur’s ten champions, who were his high council."

Bedivere: The King’s Right Hand by Wayne Wise (2011)

Bedivere is Arthur's childhood friend. A certified horsegirl. His father was Bedwyr, the last man to see Uther Pendragon alive. Bedivere is very much in love with Arthur & follows him around like a puppy. Lucan is his elder brother who is trained by Ector for more administrative tasks. Kay is older than Arthur & Bedivere, & takes full advantage of that, but it generally a good dude. Didn't care for the Arthur/Morgan romance but all the other young characters were great. They included Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Agravaine, Owain, & Tristan.

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (2024) [review]

Bedivere is one of the main point of view characters. Born without his hand, he has always felt less-than & incomplete. He accompanies his family to the joust in the big city where Arthur pulls the sword from the stone. Thus begins Bedivere's life long devotion to him & unrequited love story. Overall I really enjoyed the character but the end of the book & resolution to Bedivere's character arc sucked.

Movies

Knights of the Round Table (1953)

Bedivere's role here is minor, but he's the first knight shown traveling with Arthur & Merlin. He wears white/red floral tabard it's cute. He pops in & out of the story throughout & remains loyal to Arthur to the end, although it's Lancelot who throws Excalibur into the sea.

Sword of Lancelot (1963)

Bedivere is among the knights of the Round Table right from the opening scene, alongside Kay, Lancelot, Gawain, Dagonet, Mordred, Lamorak, Tor, Merlin, & Arthur. He is Arthur's advisor, & stays home during the war with Arthur. He is the first to tend to Gareth after he's stabbed by Lancelot on his way out of the castle, & shown calming Gawain during his outbursts after in the resulting war.

Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)

Bedivere is introduced as he presides over a witch trial, which is really just a girl with a carrot strapped to her face.

Culhwch ac Olwen (1990)

Bedivere is chosen by Arthur, along with Kai, to accompany Culhwch on his quest. The animation style is almost like paper puppets, very cool. It's entirely in Welsh without English subtitles.

Morte d'Arthur (1984)

Bedivere fulfills his exact role as it happens in Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory.

King Arthur: Excalibur Rising (2017)

Bedivere is shown throughout the introduction battling at Camlann alongside Arthur, Merlin, & Kay. He then throws Excalibur back to the lake. 20 years later, Arthur's bastard son Owain has grown up. Bedivere is shown caring for an ailing Kay. Bedivere runs into some bandits on the street & is captured, where he eventually runs into Owain, likewise captured. He explains to him he is Arthur's son & heir. This movie is not good. But BediKay is in it. That's the review.

Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)

Bedivere & Lucan are introduced in Camelot at table with Mordred, who has usurped the throne whilst Arthur is away in Rome. Bedivere is openly opposed to Mordred's rule, but manages to keep away from his ire long enough to escape with Lucan & contact Arthur. They meet Arthur & his men, including Tristan & Lancelot, at the border with fresh horses. Bedivere is present for the final battle that challenges Mordred's men & reclaims the throne for Arthur. He's last seen chanting "Hail! Hail King Arthur!"

Kaamelott First Installment (2021)

Bedivere is introduced at Bors & Lionel's impromptu Round Table meeting at Gaunes. He is the elder brother of Lucan & his cousin Griflet, who are both children also seated at the table with him. Their presence is brief but I hope they are more prominent in the sequel!

TV Shows

The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949)

Bedivere pops in for several episodes as one of Arthur's support knights, along with Gawain.

BBC The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

Bedivere is a young knight introduced near the end of the series with his cousin, Girflet. They act as secret messengers between Guinevere & Arthur after Mordred has usurped the throne & holds Guinevere hostage. At the end, Bedivere throws Excalibur back to the Lady of the Lake, & helps Arthur into the barge to ride for Avalon.

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Monty Finch, Dead Boy Detectives | Richard Siken, Dirty Valentine

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Edwin, Charles, and Monty (Human Didn't Know They Were Dating AU)

Monty is familiar with the Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. He wrote a fucking paper on it for his class on the Renaissance (his professor was way too into the High and Early Renaissance and only crammed the Dutch and the Northern Renaissances in at the end of the semester, only giving each of them a week, but Monty still picked Pieter Bruegel the Elder to write about because he’s a stubborn bitch, even if it gave him a fuckton more research to do). He’s familiar with what it’s like when a boy with wax on his wings flies too close to the sun. He’s familiar with the concept of hubris, and avarice, and pride.

But Monty didn’t know what it felt like to fly through the air, the wind between your wings, the sun kissing your skin, until now. He didn’t know what it felt like for the wax to burn away and melt itself into your skin, searing your flesh, until now.

And he didn’t know why anyone would risk such a thing until now.

Until them.

And now he can’t imagine a life in which he didn’t reach out, knowing that he would plunge off the cliff face and drown in the rocky ocean beneath.

Maybe, if he’s lucky, it’ll be a quick death, with the fall killing him instantly instead of forcing him to be pulled around in the ocean, the riptide pulling him out to slowly drown beneath the waves.

(With Monty’s luck, there’s no way that’s happening.)

-aletterinthenameofsanity, underneath the sunrise (show me where your love lies)

Twice the dreams, but half the love

Be careful what you bottle up

The chemistry is a mess, it seems

But me, I'm still a sunbeam

Tell me, when the party ends

Will you still love who I am, I am?

Scar-crossed lovers forever

I'm checking myself out forever

I'm saving this all for later

-Fall Out Boy, Heaven, Iowa

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Ghostcrow Art History Edits (aka Take Microsoft Paint Away From Me)

This is so very much NOT all of the art history references in this fic, but I worked with what I could to pair with shots from the show!

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Dead Boy Detectives Victor AU Edits (pt. 3!)

Someone should really take microsoft paint and the snipping tool away from me! (Seriously. Please. Stop me. Please.)

Once again, here's the series link!

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Monty, Charles, and Edwin Finch-Rowland

Some scars are less scars and more open wounds, even if they cannot be seen from the outside. Sometimes, a thing injured you so deeply that you are going to be feeling it for the rest of your life, the ramifications going across bone and blood and breath.

Sometimes it is hard to walk. Sometimes it is hard to breathe. 

And yet you have to keep on living, in this half functional state, and the only way you can keep going is by leaning on someone else.

Sometimes, two creatures have been broken at such similar angles that they find themselves only able to exist within each other's shape, surrounded by the arms of a boy that loves them more than they have ever loved themselves.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, there's nothing sweeter than my baby (so full of love I could barely eat)

Promise me that you'll start

Where I end

And I promise to give you everything

That I am

We'll go on and on and on again

In the end, all I hope for

Is to be a bit of warmth for you

When there's not a lot warm left

To go around

-The Oh Hellos, Boreas

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Charles, Edwin, and Monty (Pirate AU: Chapter 4)

Edwin isn't going to pretend that he is as encouraging as Charles. Charles Rowland is a light to himself, a force of nature that cannot be replicated by man or beast.

But he can try, in his own way, to be the sort of Captain that Charles always believed him to be. The sort of Captain that is not a Dread Pirate, not an exploitative merchant, but something new. Something better. Something worth not just Charles Rowland’s love, but the love of his crew.

So Edwin bows slightly over his hand and offers up his hand to Monty, bowing slightly over the offered hand. “May I have this dance?” he asks.

Monty bites his lip and then swallows. Some stubborn glint enters his eyes and he nods, stepping forward to take Edwin's hand in his.

Monty's hands are calloused in his. The hands of a deckhand, of a greenhorn, of someone who was forced to sail under a dread pirate and make something of themselves. Make something stronger, something hardier, something that can withstand storm winds.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, picture a man turning back to shore (I can only think of you)

Dance with me, my old friend, once before we go

Let's pretend this song won't end

And we never have to go home

And we'll dance among the chandeliers

And nothing matters when we're dancing

In tat or tatters, you're entrancing

-The Magnetic Fields, Nothing Matters When We're Dancing

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Art References for Chapter Two of underneath the sunrise (show where your love lies)

(somehow this one got SO LONG. my bad. in my defense, have some paintings and a few artifacts from my Archaeology of Death class)

Portrait of Madame X, John Singer Sargent, 1884

"There, standing in front of him, as shocking as the unveiling of the Portrait of Madame X on an unsuspecting Paris, are Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland."

On the Terrace at Sèvres, Marie Bracquemond, 1880

"For his final seminar paper, Monty wrote about Marie Bracquemond. About her paintings and the light that entered through all corners of the space. About the way that she, among all her peers, captured the feelings of her subjects, lonely and lovely in the bright outdoor light.

Monty remembers something she said about Impressionism, about how it produced “not only a new, but a very useful way of looking at things. It is as though all at once a window opens and the sun and air enter your house in torrents."

And god, he shouldn’t have let it happen, but that is Charles and Edwin for him. The sun and the air. The relief in the middle of winter."

Grave Goods of Queen Puabi (A Few Selected from Tomb PG 300)

"Monty should be able to keep his resolve. He should be able to be stubborn. He should be able to hold firm, to last, to endure like grave goods in Queen Puabi’s tomb."

The Last Supper, Tintoretto, 1592-1594

"There is some source of light in the background, behind their heads, but it’s dark out the windows so the light haloes dark hair like Tintoretto’s wet dream.

And maybe Monty’s at the Last Supper. Maybe there are only two apostles at the table framed in holy light. Maybe he’s Judas, about to doom a lover with a kiss."

Sunflowers, Van Gogh, 1888

“God, it has never been about me not wanting you. I’ve always wanted you two. Since that first game, since I saw the two of you together, all Van-Gogh-sunflowers-bright.”

Autumn Lane, Thomas Kinkade

"Monty isn’t Cinderella. He isn’t a Thomas Kinkade subject, pastoral, pastel, and perfect. He has no ball to go to and no princes to come and save him. He has nothing to do but sluggishly pull sweatpants and an old t-shirt on over clammy, goosebump-ridden skin and slip under the Persistence of Memory blanket Niko got him for Christmas last year."

Time Transfixed, René Magritte, 1938

"Monty isn’t Cinderella. He isn’t a Thomas Kinkade subject, pastoral, pastel, and perfect. He has no ball to go to and no princes to come and save him. He has nothing to do but sluggishly pull sweatpants and an old t-shirt on over clammy, goosebump-ridden skin and slip under the Time Transfixed blanket Niko got him for Christmas last year."

The Swing, Fragonard, 1767-8

"And Monty nods. "I think," he says, "I can start to believe that."

Emphasis on start, of course, but it's enough to make Edwin and Charles both smile at him, Charles raising Monty's knuckles to kiss them giddily like he's the boy in a Fragonard painting, excited by the glimpse of a lady's ankle."

Starry Night over the Rhône, Van Gogh, 1888

"All of these things do. It's quiet. The world is still. But it doesn't feel as empty as normal. Some measure of warmth and light has followed Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne from their apartment and into Monty’s, soft and bright and welcoming as the Van Gogh's stars above the Rhône."

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[leithlovesyou]

I had a feeling this was coming

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Edwin, Charles, and Monty (Professor AU)

Going to a gay bar is something rather new for Edwin. Or, rather, something once lost and since rediscovered, like a well-loved doll or pot that has settled between the layers of sediment for some distant future to discover, still carrying love in its long-ago-fired clay.

Edwin only went out to a place like this once or twice, in early college, with Crystal and their friends, and then he got together with Simon when they were reintroduced by a friend who thought they’d make good friends-

Edwin had three years of freedom before beginning to date Simon, and he didn’t take advantage of them.

Sure, this has never really been his scene. He's always been a bit too overwhelmed by crowds and too much sensory overload. 

But what this place means. Being proud of himself. Being open with himself. Being allowed to love himself, out in the open.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, before those hands pulled me from the dirt

No one stays the same

You know what goes up must come down

Change is a thing you can count on

I feel so much younger now

-Miley Cyrus, Younger Now

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Charles Rowland (Ghostcrow Art AU)

Edwin has always been the most beautiful thing that Charles has ever seen. But under the stars, well, Monty was as beautiful as the paintings he spoke of.

So when they got up to take turns on the swings, Charles had kissed Monty, and Charles tasted the beer on Monty's mouth, tasted the stars on his lips, and understood what Monty meant when he had rambled about Van Gogh and Starry Night and the way that someone would look up at the stars and want to trap them on a canvas, preserving them for the rest of time.

If Charles is honest with himself, he's always been quite the romantic. (And, to be frank, he's doing a lot better job at being honest with himself than he used to. Therapy has definitely been a help there.) Falling in love was something he'd done only once before, but the second time was just as deep and fast as the first, like water crashing over a waterfall.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, underneath the sunrise (show me where your love lies)

There's an art to life's distractions

To somehow escape the burning weight, the art of scraping through

Would things be easier if there was a right way?

Honey there is no right way

And so I fall in love just a little ol' little bit

Every day with someone new

-Hozier, Someone New

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Charles, Edwin, and Monty (Pirate AU: Chapter 2)

Charles buries his face into Edwin’s neck, his body going boneless even as his hands tighten around Edwin’s back. Edwin clutches back just as tightly, one hand against Charles’ back and the other around the back of his head, feeding through his curls, grasping his entire body as closely to Edwin’s as possible.

Then they pull back just enough to look at each other, mere inches between their mouths, and it is instinct to turn their faces into each other’s. For their mouths to meet as they only ever met once before, and Charles tastes of salt and love and relief, a prayer made flesh.

Edwin has spent six months aware that he was missing his heart, but he did not realize that he was without his lungs as well, because now he can finally breathe with his mouth on Charles’.

-aletterinthenameofsanity, picture a man turning back to shore (I can only think of you)

Water falls, it always has

Water falls, it always will

Some things you can count on

All the others are a thrill

But water falls, it always will

Airborne, we are airborne

Flying through the night at record speeds

-Air Traffic Controller, Water Falls

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@nix-nihili @mellxncollie @tumblerislovetumblerislife @lemurafraidofthunder

@likemmmcookies @wr0temyway0ut @thelakeswillbreakourfall

@sapphic-corgi @occasionaloneshots @troublegoblin

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Edwin, Charles, and Monty (Soulmate AU)

Monty looks up this ‘Pinocchio’ the next time he goes to the library. A puppet who wishes to be a real boy, whose nose lengthens when he lies, who can’t stop lying, who never gets to have a soulmate.

Sour crunches in his gut, heavy as a neutron star. He's not real. He doesn't get to be real. He may not be a boy made of wood, but he is a boy made of feathers. And either way, he doesn't get to have soulmates. He doesn't get to have a way out. He can no more fly away, no more escape, as a human than he could as a bird. 

So Monty doesn’t look at his arm, even when it tingles with new ink. He puts on a sweater beneath his jacket so he’s not even tempted to look. There’s no use in indulging in hope. Why should he look at soulmates that don’t belong to him, but rather to some boy that he has accidentally acquired an imprint of?

Wooden boys don’t get to dream of the stars. They don’t get to dream of soulmates.

Puppets only have their masters. They can’t operate without them. What use is it to dream of a world where their strings might get cut?

-aletterinthenameofsanity, i was born hungry (there is a dream and it sleeps in me)

Babe, there's something broken about this

But I might be hoping about this

Oh, what a sin

Innocence died screaming

Honey, ask me, I should know

I slithered here from Eden

Just to sit outside your door

-Hozier, From Eden

@deadboy-edwin @icecreambrownies @anonymousbooknerd-universe @ashildrs

@fandoms-princess @orpheusetude @jaysbraindump

@pappelsiin @itsbitmxdinhere @rexrevri @sweet-like-h0ney-lavender @saffirez

@the-ipre @sunnylemonss @days-light @agentearthling @helltechnicality

@sethlost @catboy-cabin @secretlyafiveheadeddragon @vyther15

@anything-thats-rock-and-roll @queen-of-hobgobblers @every-moment-a-different-sound

@nix-nihili @mellxncollie @tumblerislovetumblerislife @lemurafraidofthunder

@likemmmcookies @wr0temyway0ut @thelakeswillbreakourfall

@sapphic-corgi @occasionaloneshots @troublegoblin

@natureismynature

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Dead Boy Detectives Victor AU Edits (Pt. 7)

Devastating two parter:

And because I'm nice, a kind finale:

listen. someone should stop me. please. i need to stop dicking around in microsoft paint because i make things like the last edit and start crying. (also got some visceral reactions from the others, but hey, that was the intended effect of the words themselves.)

Here's the series link, as always!

@deadboy-edwin @icecreambrownies @anonymousbooknerd-universe @ashildrs

@tragedy-machine @just-existing-as-you-do-blog @orpheusetude @mj-irvine-selby

@pappelsiin @itsbitmxdinhere @rexrevri @sweet-like-h0ney-lavender @saffirez

@the-ipre @sunnylemonss @days-light @agentearthling @helltechnicality

@tiredghostby @sethlost @catboy-cabin @secretlyafiveheadeddragon @vyther15

@anything-thats-rock-and-roll @queen-of-hobgobblers @every-moment-a-different-sound